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>    - *hostmakedepends:* All the stuff that the building machine needs to 
>    be able to run through the building process. Mostly tools, like pkg-config 
>    or somesuch. This is needed regardless of which architecture you are 
>    building for.
>    - *makedepends:* All stuff that is needed du build the package on the 
>    building machine. Usually devel-versions of the required libraries. This is 
>    dependant on the architecture you are building for.
>    - *depends:* All the stuff required to run the package on the target 
>    system. Not needed at all on the building machine, and dependant on the 
>    target architecture.
>    
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I just realized I never clarified myself here, my bad.

The way I look at it:

   - *hostmakedepends: *Depends that are not architecture specific.
   - *makedepends:* Depends that *are* architecture specific. - So I check 
   if 32-bit packages exist.  If they do, I know it's architecture specific.
   - *depends: *Same as what you said, which actually helped clarify it a 
   bit for me.